Most Unethical TV Series Episode of the Year: “C.S.I.” (Premiere)
"C.S.I" began its new season with a manipulative, double-crossing dud. Continue reading →
View ArticleInnocence Abuse, 2012
Using children to deliver partisan campaign messages, including mothers turning their tots into little billboards by festooning them in "Vote for.." T-shirts and other paraphernalia, and teachers...
View ArticleHow Fake Statistics Become “True”: A Case Study From The Newtown Massacre...
What an embarrassing way to run a country. Continue reading →
View ArticleEmbarassing Democracy: Gabrielle Giffords and Government by Fallacy
As the largest and most successful democracy is the world, the United States is a showcase for freedom, a role model. It has an obligation to make democracy look good and desirable to other cultures....
View ArticleBe Very Afraid: Why Fake Statistics Become “True”
Some of the media and too many activists believe in the tool of the "good lie." Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Quote of the Week, Sandy Hook Ethics Train Wreck Division: WSJ Blogger...
Dear Mark Kelly: stop wasting our time. Continue reading →
View ArticleUnethical Quote of the Month: Alexandra Pelosi
Not only does Pelosi happily proclaim that misleading people is the foundation of her art, she clearly sees nothing wrong with it. Anyone who believes, or cares, what a film-maker like this portrays in...
View ArticleWhy The Gun Bill Deserved To Lose, and Why We Should All Be Glad It Did
Consequentialism rules supreme in Washington, D.C.; that is the tragedy of our political system. If unethical conduct is perceived as having a positive outcome, few in D.C. will continue to condemn the...
View ArticleGabrielle Giffords:The Helpless Pawn On The Ethics Train Wreck
Is no tactic too revolting for the anti-gun forces? Continue reading →
View ArticleMind Control? My Alarm Is Ringing. Should It Be?
Oh, great. Imagine what Weiner could do with THIS... Continue reading →
View ArticleA Handbook For Manipulation and Deceit, Rationalizations Included
A 70-plus page how-to guide titled “Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging" has surfaced. Sure, it's a Machiavellian, "the ends justifies the means," "by any means necessary," unethical...
View ArticleEthics Quiz: “The Penniless Girl” And The Yechhh! Competition
Erin entices unenticing, lonely and hopeful men to feed her at Toronto's best eateries, then dumps them unceremoniously once the bill has been paid. Naturally, she will profit handsomely from this....
View ArticleLoathsome Jerk Bites Dumb Gold-digger
I can't lower my already subterranean opinion of Howard Stern, a full-time abuser of the First Amendment who has coarsened our culture as much an anyone. Nonetheless, he was especially cruel and...
View ArticleObamacare Game Plan: The Lies Worked, Now On To Deceit
The President has been excused of greater lies in this long-running ethics train wreck. No wonder he thinks he can get away with deceit. Continue reading →
View ArticleObnoxious, Offensive, And Unethical: Facebook “Research” Turning Users Into...
Does this sound consistent with "secretly manipulate the determination of what posts from friends Facebook users see to measure its effect on their own posts without their knowledge?" No, because what...
View ArticleEthics Strike Three And Four Against Facebook In Its Creepy Mood Manipulation...
The lack of interest and indignation by the Facebook's victims is more alarming than the unethical research itself. Continue reading →
View ArticleFlunking Responsibility, Honesty, Common Sense and Ethics: Gov. Deval...
it is a misleading, manipulative and miserable analogy, supporting a suicidal policy, probably in service of naked partisan gain. Continue reading →
View ArticleUnethical Website Of The Month: OKCupid…The First Corporate Fick!
OKCupid is run by an unapologetic manipulator who embraces situational ethics of the most dubious and irresponsible sort. No wonder his company is a fick. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Hero: Minnesota Twins Pitcher Phil Hughes
Pitcher Phil Hughes has set a high bar for his integrity, and I admire him for clearing it. Continue reading →
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